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No.531,345. Patent ed Dec.25,1894.

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LINCOLN N. THOMAS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGN OR TO AUGUSTUS N. RITZ, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

INKSTAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 531,345, dated December 25, 1894. Application filed September 27, 1894. Serial No. 524,311. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LINCOLN N. THOMAS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati,'in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Inkstands; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to ink stands, and consists in certain peculiarities of construction as will be fully set In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view of my entire device, readyfor use, penholder supportedthereon. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section through said device. Fig. 3 is an under side plan view of a portion thereof, detached therefrom. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail side elevations of portions thereof. Fig. 6 is a plan View of the penholder rack and cover, detached.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the ink-stand or bottle, proper, the same having preferably a contracted neck or upper portion, a, provided with two annular exterior flanges or shoulders I), c, the lower part of the stand or bottle being of any shape and size preferred.

B is a flat metallic band or to pass over and fit around the upper part of the neck-a, said band or collar having, at its upper edge, an annular obliquely inclined exterior flange d bymeans of which a perforated elastic disk C, having an interiorly project-.

ing annular flange e is kept in place thereon, the flange e of said disk fitting up under and against the flange cl of the metallic band, as

best shown in Fig. 2. The band B is further provided with a slot f and a perforation g.

D is a semi-circular spring, riveted or otherwise secured to the band B, as shown at h, and having two lugs or dogs projecting from its inner surface, adjacent to itsends, one lug 1:, passing through the slot f, and the other lug 4 5 7, passing through the perforation g, and both lugs being designed for engagement with the flat under surface of one or the other of the described flanges or shoulders I), c, in the hottle-neck a. The spring D is'further formed with one end turned outward to form a fingercatch 70. I

and showing acollar adapted E is a cap or casing designed to fit over and conceal the neck a and its attachments, and to rest upon the lower part of the stand or bottle A, and this cap is provided with an opening m, in its top, and an exterior peripheral groove n.

i F is a dip-cup projecting down through the opening m in the cap E, and the opening 0 in the elastic disk C, into the ink-reservoir in the stand A, as shown in Fig. 2, the diameter of the said dip-cup exceeding that of the said opening 0, so that a tight fit is thereby insured, and the escape of air above the ink within the stand A prevented.

{ G is 'a penholder rack, formed preferably of a single 'piece of spring wire with a lower horizontal portion p in the form of an open or partial circle, adapted to engage with the described grooven in the cap E, and fit around the greater portion of the periphery of said cap, thereby keeping the rack in place. From as shown at t t, and curved, as shown at u u (to correspond with the bend r r' of the penholder seat) and thence broughtforward and inward to the points i; o, thence down as shown at w w, and finally horizontally toward each other, forming the pintle a: for the hinge 31.01? the cover 2, which. latter rests upon the top of the dip-cup, and closes the mouth thereof, thereby guarding against the entrance of dust thereto and preventing the drying up of ink within the reservoir of the stand A.

The operation of my device will be readily understood from the foregoing description of its construction taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

When it is desired to put ink on the pen, the covers is raised, andthe pen plunged down into the dip-cup F, which action depresses said cup, the air-pressure thereby caused forcing theink up into the dip-cup upon the point of the pen. .Heretofore, in devices ,of this general nature, a serious defect has resulted from the fact that after use for some little time, the elastic disk surrounding the dip-cup would become relaxed, and permit air to escape when said disk Was depressed by the dip-cup, and consequently ink would not be forced up within the depending tube of the dip-cup, and to guard against this, and increase the longevity of the device, I have provided the exterior of the bottle-neck a with a series of shoulders or flanges b c, for engagement as described with the lugs or dogs 2' and mounted said lugs or dogs upon the described vertically movable band or collar B,

so that, should the elastic disk 0 become relaxed as stated in use, all that would be necessary would be to release said band and its lugs from engagement with the shoulder b and force it down until said lugs engaged beneath the lower shoulder 0, when the device would be as good as new. Ordinarily, one extra shoulder would be enough to last as long as the said disk, but if desired a greater number might be formed upon the neck a.

My deviceis so constructed as to render its various parts readily separable, for cleaning or filling the ink-receptacle A. The dip-cup F is first withdrawn, and then the cap or casing E, with the penholder rack G and covers still attached to it, can be removed. Then, by a slight pull upon the finger-catch lo, the adjacent lug or dog 5 is freed from engagement beneath the annular shoulder 12 or 0, upon the neck a, and the band B with its attached disk 0 tilted up, on the side, and pushed off the neck, leaving the ink-stand A a ready for cleaning or filling. The detached parts are replaced in the reverse order, it being only necessary to place the said band carrying the disk upon the top of the neck a and force said parts squarely downward thereon until the described lugs or dogs engage beneath the preferred shoulder on said neck.

If it is desired atany time to remove the penholder rack from the cap or casing E the terminals of the horizontal portion 19 of said rack can be readily sprung outward, and the rack can be as readily replaced by pushing said horizontal portion against the groove n in said cap.

While I have shown and described the bot tle neck a, band B, disk 0 and cap E as circular in form, it will be understood that this form is immaterial and that the same may be square or of any other polygonal form desired, if preferred in any instance.

Having thus described my invention, What Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an ink-stand, the combination with an ink-receptacle having a neck rising therefrom and provided with a series of exterior flanges or shoulders, of a dip-cup adapted to depend within said ink-receptacle, an elastic perforated disk for the suspension of said dip-cup, and a band or collar vertically movable on said neck and attached to said disk and provided with movable lugs or dogs for engagement with one or another of said series of flanges or shoulders, substantially as set forth.

2. In an inkstand, the combination with an ink receptacle having a neck rising therefrom and provided with a series of exterior flanges or shoulders, of a dip-cup adapted to depend within said receptacle, an elastic perforated disk for the suspension of said dipcup, a band or collar vertically movable on said neck and attached to said disk and provided with movable lugs or dogs for engagement with said flanges or shoulders, and a cap or casing for covering said band and its attachments and having a perforation for the admission of the said dip-cup therethrough, substantially as set forth.

3. In an ink-stand, the combination with an ink receptacle having a neck rising therefrom and provided with a series of exterior flanges or shoulders, of a dip-cup adapted to depend within said receptacle, an elastic perforated disk for the suspension of said dipcup, a band or collar vertically movable on said neck and attached to said disk and provided with movable lugs or dogs for engagement with said flanges or shoulders,'a cap or casing for covering said band and its attachments and having a perforation for the admission of the said dip-cup therethrough, a penholder rack supported by and rising from said cap or casin g, and a cover hinged to said rack and adapted to normally rest upon and close the orifice of said dip-cup, substantially as set forth.

4. In an ink-stand, the combination with an ink-receptacle having a neck rising therefrom and provided with a series of exterior flanges or shoulders, of a vertically movable band or collar adapted to fit around said neck,

'and formed with slots or perforations therethrough, a spring secured to said band and parallel therewith for a portion of its length and having lugs or dogs adapted to pass through said slots or perforations and engage with said flanges or shoulders, an elastic disk secured to said band and provided with acentral perforation, and a dip-cup adapted to pass through said perforation and be suspended by said disk and to depend into said ink-receptacle, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Huntington, in the county of Cabell and State of Test Virginia, in the presence of two witnesses.

LINCOLN N. THOMAS.

Witnesses:

RICHARD L. ONEAL, R. F. J ONES. 

